EXCLUSIVE: Grove Woman Stands Up To Flag Thieves

A Selinsgrove woman who had her American flag stolen from outside of her home nine times is determined to not let the unpatriotic thieves keep her from flying the Stars and Stripes.

Grove resident Carol Handlan, whose husband served in Korea, says that over the past year every time she hangs a large American flag above her front door a criminal comes and swipes it right off her property. Handlan would then buy a new flag up, only to have that one stolen too. It happened nine times!

“(The flags) went missing over a year’s time, always late night, early morning. Two of the nine flags were found on SU’s campus and returned to us only to be stolen again,” Handlan told the Orange Street News.

The University has been very helpful and sympathetic, according to Handlan.

Handlan told the OSN that despite the repeated thievery, she was determined to proudly keep flying the American flag.

“The flag means a great deal to us especially since my husband is an Army veteran having served in Korea. I just wish others respected the flag as much we do!” Handlan told the Orange Street News.